Do you have friends looking for a new bank? Are your grandkids graduating high school and looking to set up their first checking account? Be sure to tell them about your Hometown Community Bank! We make banking easy!

If you have college bound grandchildren, be sure to tell them about about our service that offers Private Student Loans to our customers through the Bank's participation in the iHelp Private Student Loan Program. Visit www.hometownbanks.com for information on this program.

Graduations and summer weddings are just around the corner...consider giving Books of Bills: unique pads of crisp, new one dollar bills in books of $10 (cost $12) and $25 (cost $28) that include some bank coupons as well. If you like giving gift cards, remember we offer MasterCard Gift Cards. (This card is issued by MetaBank pursuant to a license from MasterCard International Incorporated. Certain fees apply. Available to our customers only. See Deposit Services for details.)

Traveling this summer? Carry our Hometown Cash Back Visa Card. It offers an incredibly low annual percentage rate of 7.25%! (This is not just an introductory rate.) To apply, complete the form on www.hometownbanks.com, print it and drop it off at your nearest Hometown Community Bank location. (Rate is current as of 4/20/2015. Offer of credit is subject to credit approval. Rate is variable and determined by adding a margin to the Prime Rate. Cash Advances/ATM: 3% of the amount advanced ($10.00 min - $300 max). International Currency Fee: 1% for transactions involving currency exchange, 0.8% for transactions not involving currency exchange.)

For those of you in the 'spring cleaning' mode, remember your Hometown Community Banks offer Safe Deposit Boxes in a variety of sizes, conveniently located at lobby level. (The contents of safe deposit boxes are not deposits and not insured by this bank or by the FDIC. Safe deposit customers may obtain coverage on box contents from their own insurance agents.)

Summer and the community festival season will be here soon and hopefully some warm weather, too. Look for your favorite Hometown Community Bank volunteers. We'll be watching for you!